Chapter 281 I Didn’t Let You Burn It All!

"Thirty percent? No, absolutely not!"

"At least 50%. If half of the people die, we can survive. If it's 70% or 80%, we have to go see the King of Hell together!"

Zhao shook his head and retorted without thinking. Originally, this business didn’t make much money. Are you risking your life? That's not worth it!

Lu Wenyu explained: "I didn't ask you to burn them all, just half and half. What if we burn them all in the more than twenty states in the south of the Yangtze River? Not to mention you and I don't dare, even the emperor will not agree."

"Just eight. Click on the nine in Chuzhou. It's also auspicious for all nine to be unified."

That's good, that's good. Zhao's nervous look relaxed a lot, and he weighed it in his mind: eight state capitals are not too many, not too few, just within the acceptable range, not too much.

He nodded and agreed, and asked: "When will the fire start? There are not many dry days in Jiangnan, so you have to hurry up. If it rains, there will be something to do."

As he spoke, he put away the banknotes and put them securely in his arms. In business, you can’t even ask for money, right?

"You start when you return to Jiangnan. You go forward and stay in the middle. How do you explain it to those magistrates and fellow magistrates? You don't need me to teach you, right?"

"That's not necessary." Zhao smiled. He was pretty good at presenting facts and reasoning.

Besides, we had already dragged those people onto the pirate ship last time. Are you afraid that they will be disobedient this time?

"The barbarians should be prepared early. They should be imprisoned and starved for a few days to prevent them from talking nonsense when they are beheaded." Zhao warned.

"Okay, I will send people there tonight, please be careful and don't get killed." Lu Wenyu agreed simply, and then explained: "My people will stay in Bianzhou, just give them the food when the fire is started." ”

"Okay." Zhao said.

After the business was settled and everything was explained, Lu Wenyu stretched his body, stretched out his legs and feet, stood up with a sigh, and walked out of the pavilion with his hands behind his back.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered and turned around and warned: "In order to make the performance realistic, eight state capitals will be set on fire together. Finally... it would be best to make the noise louder so that the whole city knows about it!"

A strange light flashed in Zhao Ju's eyes, and he slowly raised his gaze from the teacup he had just picked up in front of him, staring at Lu Wenyu's face, which was as calm as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

Four words slowly came out of his mouth: "I understand."

The mist rose from the hot tea and blurred Lu Wenyu's face in front of him. In his hazy vision, Zhao only felt that there was an unfamiliar red color in front of him.

The two lines of sight intertwined, and the light water blocked the room. No one could see the other's eyes clearly, and even their expressions were so unreal. It is certain that both parties have their own thoughts, but what are their thoughts...

Only God knows.

Suddenly, Lu Wenyu's still and dead face started to move, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, his voice was kind and friendly, and he said with a smile: "I will help you find the person who assassinated you, Suzaku, just treat it as a gift to you. Mu Zhi , The relationship between a man and a woman cannot tolerate half-heartedness..."

"Haha, let's go."

"Thank you. Let's go slowly." There was no emotion on Zhao's face. He held the teacup in one hand and scraped off the tea powder with the lid with the other, watching Lu Wenyu go out.

When the water is clear and sinks to the bottom, the whole cup of cow drink goes into the belly. What a tea! It's a pity that it burns my mouth. I should have cooled it down first.

The door was pushed open, and Suzaku, who was carrying a food box and wine flask, quickly saluted respectfully, "Fifth Master, the food today is not bad, won't you stay to eat?"

As she spoke, she raised the food box and patted it, as if she wanted to verify what she said was true. But Lu Wenyu just lowered his eyebrows and smiled, stretched out his hand to hold the food box, and said regretfully: "I missed a table of delicious food, hahaha. You two just eat, I'll forget it. You can't delay entering the palace to meet the saint. Let's do it next time."

"Okay, okay, you're busy." Suzaku stood aside obediently, making way for Lu Wenyu, and said softly: "Please walk slowly."

After Lu Wenyu's carriage had gone away, she carried the food box through the door. After passing through the front courtyard, he placed the food box on the table in the pavilion, laid out the food and wine one by one, and distributed some to attract wealth.

Looking up, he saw Zhao Jiu, who was unhappy and kept holding his chin without saying a word. He couldn't help but gloated and asked, "Hey, Lao Jiu, what did the Fifth Master tell you? Why does it seem like the three souls have lost the seven souls?" Like? Was he demoted? Was he even beaten? "

"Can you please look forward to me?" Zhao choked back angrily. This girl is so real, every word she says goes to the heart of her heart, and she looks like she is just watching a show and is not afraid of big things.

Putting down the tea cup that he had been holding for a long time, he joked: "What? I was beaten, can you help me beat it back?"

Suzaku curled his lips and smiled brightly, "Tsk, you're trying to stop me now. Calling me back is just wishful thinking. It's possible to help you buy some medicine!"

After thinking for a while, he asked doubtfully: "Isn't the Fifth Master your uncle? Why..."

"It's my uncle who scolded her so harshly!" Zhao pretended to be angry and hummed, deliberately trying to tease her.

snort! Suzaku rolled his eyes almost to the sky and murmured angrily, "If you don't want to say it, just don't say it. By the way, when are we leaving?"

"Leave after eating..." Zhao lowered his head to eat, his voice unclear.

"Leaving after eating? Are you kidding me?"

Zhao swallowed the food and wine in his mouth, raised his head and stared at Zhuque's face, and said sternly: "Leave after eating. We have business to do, so we can't stay any longer."

She nodded, "Yes, I understand. Where is Bai Hu?"

"Go and prepare the carriage." Zhao replied calmly.

The two stopped talking and ate and drank in silence. But Zhao was not in high spirits. He put down his chopsticks without eating much and watched Suzaku eating quietly, not knowing what he was thinking. Suzaku was so scared that he had to lower his head and try his best to scoop rice into his mouth as if to attract wealth.

Soon, the two people and the dog got into the parked carriage, the sound of horse hooves sounded, and they rushed towards the ferry.

…

The night in the capital was dark, dark clouds were rolling in, and no moonlight could be seen. There was a "bang bang" sound in the alley, and it was the second watch.

In the front hall of the Lu Mansion, Lu Wenyu was in neat official uniform, with his official hat on his lap, sitting quietly and waiting. Soon, a dark shadow flashed past, and a voice came from the shadow behind him: "Already on board."

"Well, send all the people and things that have been prepared, and let the people below check Bianzhou Mingyue Tower." The drowsy Lu Wenyu woke up and whispered.

There was no more sound from the shadows, just a gust of wind. Lu Wenyu stretched out his hand, picked up the official hat on his knees and put it on, opened the door and walked out.

The housekeeper prepared the carriage early and helped Lu Wenyu get on it. The carriage ran in the night, and its direction was exactly the palace.

"It's just after the second watch. The weather is not good tonight and the road is dark. Is the walking on the road fairly smooth?"

In front of the palace gate, Eunuch Feng stretched out his hand to help Lu Wenyu get out of the carriage, smiling politely. Lu Wenyu slowly stepped out of the carriage, stretched his waist and laughed at himself.

"Old man, luckily it's not far away, otherwise it would be a disaster!"